George's blog rebuttal?

A victorious George Galloway, who admits he has never heard of political blog Harry's Place. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA

There was great excitement over the weekend when we spotted a comment left in the Harry's Place weblog purporting to be from George Galloway.

Could it be that, fresh from his victory in Bethnal Green & Bow, and that interview with Paxman, Gorgeous was turning his rhetorical powers on the bit of the British blogosphere that had been campaigning against him?

Alas, no. We checked with Respect's press office this morning, and they checked with Galloway himself, only to confirm he was tucked up in bed getting his beauty sleep at the time the comment was left (lunchtime, Friday afternoon). A spokesman said he'd "never heard" of Harry's Place, and dismissed the comment as "fantasy".

Ah, but what a fantasy. The thought of Galloway enlivening Britain's blog comment areas for the next five years was an engaging one, if only for an hour or two.